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HISTORICAL THINKING CHART Questions

Historical Reading Skills Sourcing

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Who wrote this? What is the author’s perspective? When was it written? Where was it written? Why was it written? Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

Students should be able to . . . • • • •

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Contextualization • •

When and where was the document • created? What was different then? What was • the same? How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

Identify the author’s position on the historical event Identify and evaluate the author’s purpose in producing the document Hypothesize what the author will say before reading the document Evaluate the source’s trustworthiness by considering genre, audience, and purpose

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Understand how context/ • background information influences the content of the document Recognize that documents are • products of particular points in time •

Corroboration

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Close Reading

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What do other documents say? Do the documents agree? If not, why? What are other possible documents? What documents are most reliable?

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What claims does the author make? • What evidence does the author use? What language (words, phrases, • images, symbols) does the author use to persuade the document’s audience? • How does the document’s language indicate the author’s perspective?

STANFORD HISTORY EDUCATION GROUP

Establish what is probable by comparing documents to each other Recognize disparities between accounts

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Identify the author’s claims about an event Evaluate the evidence and reasoning the author uses to support claims Evaluate author’s word choice; understand that language is used deliberately

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The author probably believes . . . I think the audience is . . . Based on the source information, I think the author might . . . I do/don’t trust this document because . . .

Based on the background information, I understand this document differently because . . . The author might have been influenced by (historical context) . . . This document might not give me the whole picture because . . . The author agrees/disagrees with . . . These documents all agree/ disagree about . . . Another document to consider might be . . . I think the author chose these words in order to . . . The author is trying to convince me . . . The author claims . . . The evidence used to support the author’s claims is . . .

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